Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Military-trained Americans’ trust in the president’s nuclear launch authority dropped during Iran Crisis. Here’s why it matters.

With nuclear brinksmanship so commonplace, it’s easy to feel like the world could easily spiral into a nuclear war. Even some proponents of the “nuclear taboo”—the moral opprobrium against nuclear ...
New York Post

Trust in military rebounds among Americans — who want the government to spend more on national defense: survey

Americans are showing rising confidence in the military after years of decline and supporting increased military spending as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office, according to the ...
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Trust in the military on the rise, but still below pre-pandemic levels

Public trust in the military rose slightly in the last year and remains significantly higher than most other civic institutions, according to results from the annual Reagan National Defense Survey ...
American Enterprise Institute

Can America’s Trust in Its Military Survive the Present Moment?

Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt from The State and the Soldier: A History of Civil-Military Relations in the United States written by AEI’s Kori Schake, Director of Foreign and Defense Policy ...